BM08

In agony lastnight for 2-3 hours, second time THIS WEEK

Dont know whats wrong, been doing the same things and eating the same.

I have been getting them for 2-3 years now i guess, but normally 5-6months apart.

Currently taking Zomig zolmitriptan(2.5mg) which dont even touch me, and i reckon there the reason why im sick every time i have a migraine, its a joke, you try having a full blown migraine and feeling sick at the same time

So those dont work, ive tried migraleve, and ibuprofen, and also i think i tried something else from the docs aswell which didnt work, hence why im now on the Zomig

So i think another trip to the doctors next week to see what other shit they can sell me for £7-8

Rick Astley

You drinking plenty of water?

BM08

I never drink water alone, but i normally have a good few glasses of squash a day i suppose.

Put it this way, whenever im thirsty or after ive ate ill have a drink, and its always water as i dont drink tea/coffee, and also i dont drink alcohol either, or very seldom anyways.

wirralphil

drink water, go for a sleep, watch what food you are eating. Eating cheese then having chocolate kicks mine off.

Benni

I feel your pain mate.

Benni.

BM08

Maybe theres my problem, i love chocolate and cheese, although cant really say i eat alot of it, im very sensible really.

wirralphil

If i have for instance a cheese butty then decide to have a mars bar or somthing say 15mins later it kicks mine off big style.

focus 4x4

Its the weather.... loads of people suffering from head aches atm.

BM08

Interesting, certainly makes you think twice when going for the cheese or that chocolate


Will definatly see what the doc thinks though, i cant be having this.

pete26

I used to get them all the time, couldn't see cause my vision in one eye was fuzzie! Used to take strong pain killers (ibuprofen 500 mg) go to sleep in the dark, usually had to sleep under the covers lol but that helped!

Mines were caused from sitting at the computer for long periods of time, don't get them as much think I kinda grew out of them! Feel ur pain mate, used to be sick aswell not nice!

BM08

Good call, i hope its just that mate.

wirralphil

I also get them in sunlight, especially when riding past a fence and the lisht shines through the gaps quick.

BM08

Same here mate.

Ibuprofen i had was 200mg but didnt work, like i said ill see the doc again asap.

How old are you? as you say "grown out of them".

BM08

Christ sounds like your triggers are very small ones smaller than mine, probably why ive no idea what causes mine.

wirralphil

Only get the light ones if i look close to the sun and also if the sun is flashing through the gaps in the fence. just tend to look the other way.

BM08

Yeah same here, if anything is flashing even lights, then ill look away.


Proper pain in the arse

longdog

iTrader: (1)

Two of these (pink ones) are the only thing that used to shift mine.
http://www.migraine-advice.com/bgdis...igraleve_packs

fuzzy

dehydration can result in headaches, especially in this hot weather. drink plenty water.

antony215

Have you had your blood pressure taken recently? My oldman used to get them bad and it was down to high blood pressure

Kevinm

Ask your doctor for Imigran. They come in 60 or 100mg tablets, nasal spray or injection. They can even be bought over the counter nowadays (60mg only). They need to be taken as soon as you feel a migraine coming on or they don't work so well. If Imigran doesn't work, you probably don't have migraine 'cos they work on the bood vessels in your brain that cause it.

Pardeep

i use to get the during my teens. Got to a point where i was puking up and also in some cases through up blood. I use to lose vision in my right eye.

wirralphil

that wasn't a maigrain that was to much wankin.

BM08

Imigran, thats the one i couldnt think of that i was taking before Zomig tablets, which was prescribed to me by the doctor................


If they dont work its not a migraine? trust me, its a migraine.

dangerousbrian

i feel your pain mate..been getting them since i was about 9 year old and im 28 now..was having 3-4 a week during heavy bouts of them but seem to have eased a fair bit the last 6 month or so..i have been told all the same crap about dairy foods, chocolate and coffee etc..and none of them make any difference to me whether i eat them or not.. in fact coffee helps me rather than hinders.. i get a weird sensation behind my eyes and know i am going to get a migraine..sometimes if im lucky i can take a few tablets and that beats it before it starts properly..only thing that works on me is 2x 200mg ibuprofen cos 1 aint enough.. i have been wearing sunglasses most of the day lately so maybe thats helped me..get some strange looks when its getting dark cos the headlamps hurt my eyes!! ha

BM08

3-4 a week? how on earth was you coping? with mine if i got one while i was at work i just have to say look im getting a migraine so ive got to go home, end of. But 3-4, surely there must be another problem for you to be getting them that often?.

So far ive never taken anything thats stopped an attack from going any further.

I just hope i grow out of them as someone else said above

Ellie

400mg of ibuprofen is the standard dose anyway.

Migraleve pink is just co-codamol with an anti-emetic in it for the nausea.

Dont know what to suggest. The doc has tried sumitriptan (Imigran) and zolmitriptan(Zomig), there is another couple called naratriptan (Naramig) a rizatriptan (Maxalt) but they are all the same type of drug.

You can take ibuprofen and paracetamol or co-codamol but it might make you sick if you dont have something to eat first.

BM08

Usually i feel sick near the end of the attack, and im never hungry at the time nor do i tend to go hungry.

It appears ive tried everything thats the norm when dealing with migraines then

Pardeep

Mate if your cumming blood i'd advise you to go see the doctor

Ellie

Have you tried the Zomig with OTC painkillers??

There are other drugs for preventing migraines but thats not much use now!

Its worth going back to the doc though, he/she might have some other ideas.
Maybe prescription painkillers/anti-inflammatories to take with a triptan.

BM08

Ive only ever used what they have given me as it does say on the box do not take with other medicines.
Ive just been looking through the leaflet of the Zomig tablets but i cant see anywhere that says it, but i remember reading on one of the box's though.

Do you think its worth having BP checked or anything? i find it strange that ive seen a doctor twice and not once did they check anything like that, was just a 2min chat and here you go try this.

Ellie

There are some medicines that you cant take with zomig but painkillers are alright.

Theres another type of drug for migraines, not sure how often its used, ergotamine (Migril).
So you never know, theres hope yet.

BM08

Oh right cool, well yeah ill be seeing the doc next week i think.

Thanks for your help and everyone else for the replys, nice to know im not the only one, and that some have it worse

Ellie

Id go see a different doctor and tell them that you've tried Zomig and Imigran.
Yeah, im suprised he/she didnt check your BP, and im suprised they just handed the 'triptans' out so quickly actually. They can do your BP for you in less than a minute, so if they dont do it you can ask.
Do you take any other medicines regularly?

Do you ever get them behind you eye? Ive had it twice in the last few weeks where it feels like im being stabbed through the eye into my head. Absolute agony and made me sick. It was in left eye the first time then the right eye the second. I dont know if it was a migraine??

BM08

I dont take anything, and im fit as a fiddle with no aches and pains apart from the migraines obviously.

The one i had lastnight felt like it was behind my right eye yeah, and also get them right across my whole head.

Thinking about it, i dont think its ever a certain part, it varys, but yeah ive had the pain in my eye, or certainly feels like thats where the pain is coming from.

Ellie

Not nice

Hope you get on alright at the doc next week then.

BM08

Thanks, and cheers for the replys again

dangerousbrian

i regularly get a lot in a short time then that wears off and get 1 now and then..no regular pattern...av just learned to put up with it after this long although they never get any easier..they always seems to be worse than the last 1 lol..done the test,scans etc but doctors reckon theres nowt the matter

BM08

Ahh ok, as above ive been to the docs twice and they didnt even take my blood pressure, let alone do any "tests".

When i go next if they dont offer to take my BP i think ill ask them myself

dangerousbrian

my old doctor told me that my blood pressure was slightly higher than the norm but nothing to worry about at all, but it may rise before a migraine which doctors thought was a way to release the pressure..he likened it to a nose bleed releasing pressure..dont know if this is proven or what tho..ive been meaning to get an eye test for a while cos i was told my eyes may be straining too much without knowing as ive would have doing it for years and just feel normal..last test was about 15 year ago and was fine then but ya never know now..gotta be worth a try

Ellie

mine was 112/68 today so def not high BP caused mine last week.